Incident #991880
Reno, Lamar Cty, Texas
Apr 1970
Account
Bob Allison kept watch to see why livestock were acting up night after night. One night he saw a 7-foot creature that fled. Next week it was back and he fired at it twice with a shotgun from 30 feet. "It left in a hurry." A neighbouring rancher has his cattle stampeded and a calf killed.
When
- Month
- Apr
- Year
- 1970
- Season
- spring
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Lamar Cty
- Nearest Town
- Reno
- Latitude
- 3340
- Longitude
- 9528
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 1
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Source
- Source
- Fort Worth, TX, Star Telegram, Apr. 17, 1970, quoting Bob Allison, 17, Reno, TX.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Length
- long
- Hair Colour
- white
- Later Movement
- fled
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- ranching
- Closest horizontal distance
- 25 feet
- Action on sighting
- shot